(Later, the next Saturday at the Tennyson residence, Jen sat down on the couch with her feet up and playing her guitar rhythmically to herself as she sighed and wrote down lyrics on her notebook.)
Jen: "Next time I won't suffer this kind of pain."
(she mumbled.)
Jen: "Own my mistakes, not just pass off all the blame..."
(As she was working to herself, Emma was sitting in front of the TV to herself, watching cartoons while their brother was in the kitchen, looking for something.)
Ben: "They've got to be in here somewhere..."
(he said.)
Ben: "Score!"
(He took out a jar of pickles and started munching to himself with a smile... just as Kevin and Ally walked in with a scowl, startling Ben.)
Ben: "Gah!"
Kevin: "Where have you been?!"
(Kevin shouted.)
Ben: "You guys want a pickle?"
Kevin and Ally: "NO!"
(they both shouted.)
Ben: "More for me."
Ally: "Will you forget about the pickles?!"
(Ally asked, snatching the jar from her friend with a glare and setting it on the counter.)
Kevin: "We've got a serious problem here."
Ben: "I know. It's my powers. They're completely out of control."
Ally: "I know. Jen told me and Becky."
(Ally said.)
Ally: "Jen's babysitting Emma tonight. The two of us are going to help Julie-"
Ben: "Oh man, where's Julie?!"
Jen: "She's fine."
(Jen said, walking in.)
Jen: "She went home last night after I tracked you down with the necklace you gave her for your anniversary."
Kevin: "But an even bigger crisis: I've got nothing to wear to the dance tonight!"
(Kevin shouted.)
(A few minutes later, Ben was looking through his closet for a tux and munching on a pickle as Jen smiled.)
Jen: "I can't leave Emma at the house alone, Ally."
(Jen said.)
Jen: "If there's anyone I can trust with looking after my brother in his time of need, it's you and Becky."
Ally: "What are best friends for?"
(Ally asked as she jabbed her arm with a smile.)
Kevin: "You sure this thing is going to work?"
(Kevin asked.)
Ben: "Trust me."
(Ben said.)
Ben: "It's one of Grandpa Max's tuxes."
Ally: "Your grandfather wasn't exactly the skinniest man in the world."
(Ally said as Ben took out a tux.)
Ben: "It's from when he was younger. You're the same size. Er, close enough."
(Ben said as Kevin took the tux and looked at it, unsure.)
(Later, Kevin stepped out of the bathroom clad in the handsome looking tux as Ally wolf-whistled at him and stepped up.)
Ally: "Looking good, little bro."
(she said as Ben opened another jar of pickles and Jen looked on in slight disgust.)
Ben: "Not bad. Not bad at all."
(As Ben munched, Kevin took out the bow tie and struggled to tie it into place around his neck.)
Kevin: "Aren't these things supposed to come with clips?"
Jen: "Not if you're older than 12."
(Jen chuckled.)
Kevin: "Finger's caught."
Jen: "I've got it."
(Jen said.)
Jen: "It just takes some practice. Over, under, around and through the hole."
Kevin: "I'm not like all those prep guys from your cousin's school, Jen!"
Ben: "And that's why she wants to go to the dance with you and not one of them!"
(Ben said.)
Ally: "Yeah. Just be yourself. And if any of those guys talk bad about you at the dance, tell me."
(Ally said, slamming her hand into her knuckle and cracking it hard.)
Ally: "I'll take care of them."
(Jen then looked suspiciously and dusted off his shoulder.)
Jen: "And voila! Now you look dapper."
(she said with a smile.)
(Kevin smiled at her as Ben finished the pickles and then drank down the juice as his sister and friends looked on with raised eyes.)
Kevin: "You sure like pickles."
(Kevin said.)
Ben: "Yeah. I wonder if we've got any more of these."
(Ben said as he walked out of the room as the girls looked at each other with raised eyes.)
Ally: "Something is seriously wrong here, girl."
(Ally said.)
Jen: "You can say that again."
(Jen sighed as they both walked out of the room before she turned to Kevin.)
Jen: "Oh, and Kevin, Gwen likes yellow roses. Get her a nice corsage."
(As they left, Kevin turned to the mirror and sighed.)
Kevin: "Hello, Gwen."
(he said.)
Kevin: "Wanna dance... what's a corsage?"
(Late that night at the park, Julie stood with her notebook by a street lamp at the cart as Gwen and Becky walked up to her, the former putting something in her bag.)
Gwen: "Hey, Julie? What's up?"
(Gwen asked.)
Julie: "Have you seen Ben?"
Gwen: "No, something wrong with him?"
Becky: "Uh, yeah."
(Becky said.)
Becky: "Jen told us what's going on. Something's going wrong with his powers."
Julie: "I haven't seen him since yesterday."
(Julie said.)
Julie: "He turned into Big Chill and then disappeared before Jen tracked him down. Said she found him at a crater in the desert."
Gwen: "Yeah, he does that sometimes."
(Gwen said.)
Gwen: "It's just part of being an alien."
Julie: "I guess so."
(Julie sighed.)
Becky: "Don't worry, Julie. He'll show up."
(Becky said.)
Julie: "I don't know, Becky. Do you really think so?"
Becky: "I know so. We're making sure of it."
Gwen: "I'm really worried about Kevin not showing up tonight."
(Gwen sighed.)
(Becky and Julie looked confused at that.)
Gwen: "Ever since I asked him to take me to the dance, he's been acting really strange."
Becky: "And speaking of strange."
(Becky said.)
Becky: "Hi, Ben. Hi, Ally."
(Ben and Ally walked up with a smile to Julie as the later crossed her arms.)
Ben: "Hey, Julie."
Gwen: "I'll catch up with you later."
(Gwen said as she walked away from the three.)
Becky: "See you later, sis."
(Becky said as she stood with her friends.)
Julie: "Where's Jen?"
(Julie asked.)
Ben: "Babysitting our little sister Emma."
(Ben said.)
Ben: "She couldn't get away from this."
Julie: "I was so worried about you!"
(Julie said, giving her boyfriend a huge hug.)
Ben: "I'm a bit worried too."
Julie: "Where did you go yesterday?"
Ben: "I don't remember at all. What happened?"
Ally: "Julie?"
(Ally said, gesturing to the notebook and then she took it out of her bag.)
Ally: "Let's see... at 6:30 P.M., you transformed into Big Chill."
Ben: "Are you sure? But I programmed Jetray."
Ally: "At 6:31, you exclaimed 'Big Chill!' 6:32, ate drive-in stalls. 6:35, ate giant metal burger. 6:36, ate giant metal statue holding giant metal burger. 6:38, ate a bus. 6:41, ate a car wash sign. 6:42, ate the car wash. 6:43..."
Becky: "Wow."
(Becky said.)
Ben: "I know... you take great notes."
(Ben said.)
Ben: "No wonder you get straight A's."
Ally: "You're saying you remember none of that, Ben?"
(Ally asked.)
Ben: "I just remember waking up in a ditch this morning with my sister over me."
Becky: "I can't believe this is happening again."
(Becky said with a groan.)
Julie: "What do you mean, 'again?'"
Ally: "We had a problem with one of his aliens a few years ago."
(Ally said.)
Julie: "We'll get Jen, Kevin and Gwen."
(Julie said.)
Julie: "They can help."
Ben: "No."
(Ben said.)
Ben: "They're too busy with Emma and the dance. I'm on my own."
Becky: "You're not alone, Ben."
(Becky said.)
Becky: "You have us."
(Ben smiled at the girls... just before a glossy look came over his eyes and looked off.)
Ally: "Ben?"
(Ally asked.)
(Ben suddenly activated his Omnitrix and once again transformed into...)
Big Chill: "Big Chill!"
(Big Chill flew away as Ally and Becky gasped and activated their watches, turning into Matter Girl and Huntress as Matter Girl got onto her bike with a shout as Julie put her helmet on and fired up her scooter with Huntress getting onto the back as they drove off into the streets, following the ice moth.)
[To Be Continued...]